Is lack of digital and technical skills slowing your business down?
Not anymore!
Biztech is collaborating with SkillsHub:MK by MK College to bring the best events and FREE training courses for your business so you can fill the digital skills gap and take your business to new heights!
The initiative will provide training courses, and promote partnership and mentorship between employers, businesses, and post-16 training & education providers to help shape future digital and AI technical skills. Since training and education are the only ways to help your employees develop and enhance their digital skills, these events and courses will play a critical role in bridging the skills gap in the local business community. Businesses are encouraged to register their interest and fill out the Training Needs Assessment right away to make the most of this initiative before it concludes in March.
Creating a Digital Network for the Future
As the leading business and technology forum of Milton Keynes, we are in an ideal position to help businesses in Milton Keynes build a digitally and technologically skilled workforce that is fit for the future. Through this collaboration with SkillsHub:MK, Biztech is organising special events and subsequently delivering practical training courses in digital skills that will improve career prospects for local people and support Milton Keynes employers in finding the digitally-skilled workforce they need.
Our industry-leading events will focus on helping businesses navigate the world of digital through digital technology skills training. Each of our three ‘Navigating the Digital Economy’ events will be delivered from an educator’s, entrepreneur’s, and an adviser’s view, to help map out the complete journey to businesses that are planning to adopt digital technology. Attendees can learn ways to identify the latest technology trends and developments from educational institutions, discover how these trends impact businesses from entrepreneurs and learn how business advisers introduce new digital technology into a business. The Biztech SkillsHub:MK events will be held on Thursday, 3rd March 2022, Thursday, 31st March 2022, and Thursday, 21st April 2022, respectively.
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Why Your Team Is Pushing Back on AI —
AI resistance isn’t a technology problem — it’s a human response to uncertainty. Teams push back when change feels imposed, not shared, and when the rules of work suddenly shift. The fear isn’t just job loss; it’s loss of control, relevance, and clarity about how performance will be judged. When AI tools add complexity or fail to deliver clear value, trust erodes quickly. What looks like resistance is often rational: unclear goals, weak communication, and low confidence. The real signal? Your team isn’t rejecting AI — they’re telling you where trust, clarity, and alignment are missing.
Speakers Announced for Biztech Innovation Challenge Workshop
Join us for the Biztech Innovation Challenge Launch Workshop on Tuesday, 6 May, as a dynamic line-up of innovation leaders, academics, and technology experts come together to inspire the next generation of changemakers. Featuring sessions from Professor Ben Allen, Ben Klewpatinond, Dr Mahmoud Artemi, Fredi Nonyelu, and Henry Kafeman, the workshop will explore innovation trends, design thinking, emerging technologies, and collaborative problem-solving. Participants will gain practical insights, form teams, and begin shaping innovative solutions to real-world challenges.
Foundations of Research and Development for SMEs
Henry Kafeman emphasises that successful R&D in SMEs begins not with building technology, but with careful preparation. Before committing resources, businesses must validate market need, assess competitors, and ensure their idea is commercially viable in terms of pricing and cost. He highlights the importance of early consideration of intellectual property, regulatory requirements, and the skills and funding needed to progress. R&D should also be viewed within a wider business context, including marketing, operations, and sustainability. Ultimately, Kafeman argues that disciplined, ongoing planning across the full product lifecycle is essential to minimise risk and turn ideas into viable, market-ready solutions.
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Customer Testimonials
I came across the Biztech Forum about 18 months after starting my Engineering Consulting Company. I was still finding my feet and had been doing the rounds of various networking groups. From the first meeting I attended the Biztech Forum was different! Noteably, the meeting was about arranging Events for members to inform and educate them about business and technology topics, not businesses (mostly irrelevant to me) trying to sell to each other! 11 years on and I am a Director of the Forum and have found great value not only in the Events, but most particularly in being able to collaborate, associate and work with like minded peers and leaders be they with technical, entrepreneurial, education, business or any other background.
I joined Biztech because I saw an opportunity to help more Tech Business owners in the region. The Biztech Board is full of enthusiastic and very experienced tech leaders and their passion and vision to helping others was the main reason that I joined. My membership has helped me to expand my network and make quality connections within the tech sector. I look forward to supporting not only Biztech but also its members and stakeholders for many years to come.
We joined Biztech to discover more about and engage with the community of technology businesses within the Milton Keynes region. We benefitted immediately from the events that Biztech presents that address a range of highly relevant subjects and that have helped us to feel very much at the centre of the local community of businesses.
It became apparent however that there was much more than Biztech could do to help the region’s technology businesses to thrive, for example by looking for ways to address the shortage of young people choosing a career as an engineer. It was a great privilege therefore to be able to help establish the massively successful ‘Engineering your future’ Biztech event held annually for schools.
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